Meshfree implementation for the real-space electronic-structure calculation of crystalline solids

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1909-1923

  Jun, Sukky ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electronic structure; Empirical pseudo potential; Meshfree method; Periodic boundary conditions

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEMICONDUCTING DIAMONDS; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

BRAVAIS LATTICE; ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURES; MESHFREE FORMULATION;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

MATHEMATICAL METHOD;

EID: 1842631949     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.943     Document Type: Article

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